Summercourt
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| Summercourt | |
| Cornwall | |
|---|---|
 Summercourt | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SW881567 |
| Location: | 50°22’0"N, 4°58’19"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Newquay |
| Postcode: | TR8 |
| Dialling code: | 01726 and 01872 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Cornwall |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
North Cornwall |
Summercourt is a village in mid-Cornwall, five miles southeast of Newquay. The village is centred on the crossroads of the old course of the A30 road (now re-routed north of the village as a dual carriageway bypass) and the A3058 Newquay to St Austell road.
About the village
The village has a pub (the London Inn[1] on School Road), a restaurant and pub (The Fox's Revenge[2] at nearby Carvynick) and there is a convenience store ("Summercourt Village Store" on Beacon Road) which incorporates a post office.
Summercourt fair
Summercourt fair is a Charter fair held in Summercourt in the last week of September each year; at over 800 years old, it is the longest-established fair in Cornwall.[3][4]
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Summercourt) |
References
- ↑ London Inn Summercourt
- ↑ The Fox's Revenge
- ↑ Dr Samantha Letters, Online Gazetteer of Markets and Fairs in England Wales to 1516
- ↑ Cornwall County council, document AD1751/4, Notes, Summercourt Fair, St Enoder; 1974